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HANGER FOR PIPING. No. 347,489. X Patent'ed Aug. 17, 1886.

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PERCY N. KENWAY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

HANGER FOR PIPING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,489, dated August 17, 1886.

Application filed August 24, 1885.

To aZlfwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERCY N. KENWAY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangersfor Piping, of which My invention relates to adjustable hangers, whereby piping of all sorts and for all purposes.steam, gas, water, and the likeare suspended from floor-beams, timbers, or other supports; and the object of such invention is to provide a support or hanger adjustable in every direction, suitable to all kinds of movement and expansion, and capable of being readily applied to new constructions, as well as to piping already connected and in place without removal or disconnecting.

Certain of my improvements consist in the combination of a bolt and grips or clamps, whereby any width of beam, timber, or bracing may be taken hold of, a'hd a pocket or suspender swinging or oscillating upon the bolt, to which pocket or suspender a bolt or hook is attached for the purpose of suspending or supporting one or more lines of piping, as may be necessary, at any required elevation, or in any required position-parallel, perpendicular, or at any angle to the grip-bolt or beam.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a hanger embodying my improvements adjusted to clamp an ordinary iron beam, and with piping running parallel to the center line of beam and perpendicular to the grip -bolt. Fig. 2 represents a hanger embodying my improvements adjusted to grip on clamp a wooden beam or support, having the piping running perpendicular to center line of beam and parallel with the grip or clamp bolt.

' Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a beam, timber, or other support to which the adjustable hanger is at tached.

B designates the clamps or grips, through which is passed a bolt or rod, 0, to hold them in position up to their work.

In Fig. 1 the clamps B are drawn or pressed to a close contact at the neck against the flange of the beam, while in Fig. 2 the clamps D desi nates a )ocket or sus )ender throiwh the upper portion or hub, d, of which is passed the grip-bolt O, and through whose lower portion or hub, e, is passed the suspension boltor hook E. The hub d is made of less width than the space between the faces of the clamps or grips B B when set toposition on the beam, timber, or support to which it may be applied, effecting a movement to and fro on the bolt 0 in case of necessity for adjustment or expanslon.

E designates an adjustable suspension bolt or hook passing through lower hub, e, of swingpocket D, to. which suspension bolt or hook the piping in one or more lines may be at tached by means of rings, cords, or hangers F.

G designates the piping, about which the rings, wires, cords, chains, or straps may be wrapped to hold it in suspension at required height, angle, position, or adjustment.

In the placing or erection of these hangers the clamps or grips B B are made to bite the beam, either metal or wood, and the bolt 0 passed through the hubs of the same, at the same time slipping the pocket or suspenderD over the bolt 0 at the hub b. The bolt is then tightened to firmly clamp the beam, timber, or support to. which the hanger is to be secured. The suspension bolt or book is then passed through the lower hub of the pocket or suspender, and a nut applied for the pur passing through and adjust-able upon the lower ring F, snbstnntially as and for the purposes portion of swing-pocket, and a suspension specified. ring or hunger through which the piping passes,

) 1 7' T Y T T 7' substantinllyas and for the purposes specified. 1 LL01 blah 2. The combination of the beam clamps or \Vitnesses: grips I l'he bolt 0, suspending-pocket D, 1161- WM. H. WEIGIITMAN, nsmble hook or bolt E, and the pipe strap or XV. J. MORGAN. 

